Ecology and Environment

5 July 2023, Quezon City.  As the second State of the Nation Address (SONA) of President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. nears, the EcoWaste Coalition urged the government to adopt policy measures that will protect the people’s health and the environment from…

Adeline Umukunzi, a 28-year-old mushroom farmer from Musanze, a district about 100 kilometres north of the capital, Kigali, is convinced that women have often been the invisible faces of agribusiness in Rwanda. By Aimable Twahirwa “Women have always played a…

In the context of the fundamental contradiction of confrontation between the government and its initiatives presided over by Xiomara Castro Sarmiento and the powerful and active de facto groups – which range from official political parties, to business associations, to…

In celebration of International Plastic Bag Free Day, environmental group BAN Toxics heightens its call to promote plastic-free sari-sari stores to reduce plastic waste in the country. The group presented a mock sari-sari store with the signage “Kahit konting pagTINGI”…

Oceans of the world are in a dangerous red zone that exceeds safe limits for marine and terrestrial life because of excessive heat. Several statements by climate scientists show heightened concerns about how this plays out, as 2023 could be…

The environmental and territorial organisation described this situation as “alarming and contradictory” to the contents of the human right to water, and called for support for a popular initiative for a norm they have introduced, called “Water for Life”. By…

The framework of our civilization is premised on the destruction of the planet. This article is an edited version of a speech the author delivered at Health of Mother Earth Foundation’s 10th Anniversary Conference with the theme ‘Advancing Environmental Justice…

Every now and then, rational and humane representatives of all peoples of the world have had to make changes in their path. It was a matter of ensuring survival. Their concern was to examine what people had achieved so far…

With the commitment to promote green development through the Belt and Road cooperation, China’s experience in combating desertification contributes to global green development, said UNCCD programme officer Jia Xiaoxia. Jia said China has made scientific breakthroughs in desertification control in…

22 June 2023, Quezon City.  The toxics watchdog group EcoWaste Coalition urged local government units (LGUs) to conduct safety checks in ice and cold storage plants in their areas of jurisdiction following the ammonia leak and fire in Navotas City…